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Hauxwell's thrush        Image © Mark A. Chappell

Many tropical birds are colorful but most thrushes are rather plain, and Hauxwell's thrush of tropical South America is one of the plainest.   In compensation, it has a wonderful, complex song.   This bird was in dense rainforest at about 400 meters elevation on the Rio Alta Madre de Dios in eastern Peru. 

  • Canon 7D, 500 mm f4 IS lens plus 1.4X converter, electronic flash (2011)